AISI 416 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 420F Stainless Steel
Both AISI 416 stainless steel and AISI 420F stainless steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 416 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 420F stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 320 | |
| 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 31 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 340 | |
| 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 800 | |
| 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 600 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 680 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 3.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 140 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 940 | |
| 480 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 25 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 6.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 30 | |
| 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 87.9 | |
| 82.4 to 87.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |